How the absence of Iran’s new supreme leader is becoming a liability for Tehran - The Japan Times ⁠45%

By Parisa Hafezi⁠0% Angus Mcdowall⁠0%

7/11/2026, 12:03:00 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 20 faulty reasoning types, including Pessimism Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 38.7% saturation with 144 hits. Analysis detected 734 faulty-reasoning hits from 372 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 47.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠45% (11,808 of 21,176 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 55.80% of the article peer group.

How the absence of Iran’s new supreme leader is becoming a liability for Tehran 
Pilgrims visit the shrine of Imam Reza after the funeral of slain Iranian leader Ali Khamenei and his family members, in Mashhad, Iran on Friday. 
By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall 
Dubai – The ⁠whereabouts of Mojtaba Khamenei have been a mystery to Iranians and the rest of the world alike since his appointment as supreme leader a week after the strike that killed his father at the end of February. 
His absence from the main funeral ceremonies for former leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was so complete there was not even a written message, leaving people to guess at his plans for Iran at a turbulent time in the Islamic Republic’s 47-year history. 
Installed with the backing of the powerful Revolutionary Guard, he suffered facial disfigurement and other injuries in the strike, ​senior sources say. 
They say he has been making decisions but has not yet been well enough to appear in public. 
Now, after hostilities with the U.S. reignited ‌this week, ‌his role and health are of critical — and growing — concern. 
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